I was headed to the checkout at Pathmark today when I heard a ruckus coming from the self-checkout line. Even though this line was three times the length of all those for regular checkouts, I had to see what was going down, so I got in line.
Apparently some skanky-looking girl, who I had seen a few minutes before and noticed her ample midriff hanging out of her not-so-ample tshirt, had gone straight to a self-checkout machine without waiting in line, thus cutting about 6 people. A woman who had been waiting said something to her and the girl responded by freaking out and yelling at the woman. I’m not sure exactly what was said, but the (much older) man who was with skanky girl responded by inviting everyone in line to smack her up. When of course no one did, the man yelled “I thought so!” as if the other customers’ unwillingness to fight somehow vindicated his skanky girlfriend/daughter.
There were murmurs of “junkie” and “she don’t even know where she is” coming from the head of the line, but I’m not sure there were drugs involved; I think she was just a rude bitch. The guy behind me said “I feel ashamed and dirty to be in this store”, which I couldn’t help but feel was kind of an affront to everyone there, not just skanky girl and her old man.
Nothing this interesting ever happens at Acme. Pathmark has more drama and more handicapped parking spaces. And the people doing the announcements about sale items and such sometimes remind me of Cheryl from The Good Girl. To top it off, it’s cheaper. Pathmark, meet your newest fan.
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